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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - US cancels visa of Royina Garma, ex-cop linked to Duterte's 'death squad'  - Alice Guo's graft case transferred from Tarlac to Valenzuela court  - North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site  - Kris Aquino to fly back to the Philippines  - SB19's PABLO releases first solo album ‘ALON’   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-13-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12The United States cancels the visa of former Duterte Davao death squad implementer Roina

00:17Garma

00:18Alice Guo's graft case is transferred from Capas, Tarlac to a court in Valenzuela

00:23North Korea shows images of a banned uranium enrichment facility

00:27Chris Aquino is back in the Philippines to start a second round of treatment

00:31And SB19's Pablo releases his first solo album, Alon

00:38The United States cancels the visa of former Duterte drug war implementer Roina Garma

00:42Garma says she was not able to board her connecting flight in Japan to the US on August 28 because

00:48her visa, supposed to be valid until 2028, had been declared invalid and cancelled

00:53Self-confessed Davao death squad hitman Arturo Lascaña said in his affidavit with the International

00:58Criminal Court that Garma was among those who carried out the orders of then-Mayor Duterte

01:03Is the visa cancellation related to the US Magnitsky Act?

01:06The US Magnitsky Act bans travel to the United States for individuals seen as serious human

01:11rights violators

01:13The US Embassy in Manila says it cannot comment on individual visa cases

01:17Meantime, the House of Representatives' Quad Committee ordered the detention of Garma on

01:21Thursday, September 12, after she was cited in contempt

01:25Lawmakers accused Garma of evading questions about her closeness to Duterte

01:31The graft case of dismissed Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is transferred from Capas

01:34Tarlac Regional Trial Court to the Valenzuela City RTC

01:39Supreme Court Spokesperson Camille Su Mei Ting says there is a circular from the Office

01:43of the Court Administrator that states,

01:45When the accused is a public official, the case shall be forwarded to the nearest RTC

01:49of the nearest judicial region from the judicial region where the official holds public office.

01:54In Guo's case, the nearest RTC of the judicial region from Capas is in Valenzuela.

02:00Senator Francis Tolentino explains the implications of the case transfer.

02:03He says if the jurisdiction and court venue are wrong, everything else will be wrong.

02:08He says the warrant of arrest issued is also invalid.

02:13North Korea for the first time shows images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its

02:19as leader Kim Jong-un visits a uranium enrichment facility.

02:22Photos released by state media KCNA Friday, September 13, provide a rare look inside North

02:28Korea's nuclear program, which is banned under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.

02:33The report did not make clear when the visit occurred nor the facility's location.

02:37KCNA says in a separate report, Kim oversaw the test launch of a new 600mm multiple-launch

02:43rocket system on Thursday.

02:45A South Korean official earlier said the launch may have been meant to test the weapons for

02:50export to Russia.

02:51North Korea conducted six underground nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.

02:57In July, a U.S. report concluded the country may have built up to 90 nuclear warheads but

03:02that it has likely assembled closer to 50.

03:07Kris Aquino returns to the Philippines to start a second round of treatment for her

03:10illnesses.

03:11Her friend Len Alonte confirms Friday, September 13, Aquino has landed in Manila.

03:17The actress is set to receive treatment in two to three weeks and in an Instagram post

03:21says she will need emotional support from her family, closest friends, and doctors.

03:26She is diagnosed with six autoimmune conditions and is awaiting test results for two more.

03:32Aquino also shares while she was previously struggling to improve her health, she is now

03:36struggling to protect her vital organs.

03:38She writes,

03:39This is now the fight of my life.

03:42The 52-year-old moved to the US in 2022 to receive treatment and has remained there since.

03:47She confirmed in late June she was dating someone new, a medical doctor based in Makati.

03:53SB19 leader Pablo releases Alon, the first album under his solo project.

04:09The P-Pop Boy Group's producer and main rapper drops the eight-track album Friday,

04:14September 13.

04:16The record features his first single, LALUNA, and KUMUNOY, which he performed during the

04:20Pagtatag World Tour.

04:28Pablo posted versions of his other tracks, Drowning in the Water, KELAN, and WALA, on

04:32his SoundCloud account.

04:34Pablo worked with his brother Josue for most of the songs in the album and performs KELAN

04:39with him.

04:40Pablo makes waves in his new album, hoping to inspire and motivate fans and listeners.

04:44A second album, LAON, is set to be released September 20.

04:50And that's today's rap.

04:51I'm JC Gotinga.

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